नेम

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀅𑀫 (ṇiama), from Sanskrit नियम (niyamá). Doublet of नियम (niyam).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /neːm/, [nẽːm]

Noun

नेम • (nemm (Urdu spelling نیم)

  1. rule, custom, rite (especially religious)

Declension

Declension of नेम (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct नेम
nem
नेम
nem
oblique नेम
nem
नेमों
nemõ
vocative नेम
nem
नेमो
nemo

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

नेम

  1. Devanagari script form of nema, present/imperative active first-person plural of नेति (neti, to lead)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *náymas (half). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀 (naēma, half), Persian نیم (nim).

Pronunciation

Adjective

नेम • (néma) stem

  1. one, several
  2. (in beginning of compounds) half
    Synonyms: अर्ध (ardhá), सामि (sāmí)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नेम
singular dual plural
nominative नेमः (némaḥ) नेमौ (némau)
नेमा¹ (némā¹)
नेमाः (némāḥ)
नेमासः¹ (némāsaḥ¹)
accusative नेमम् (némam) नेमौ (némau)
नेमा¹ (némā¹)
नेमान् (némān)
instrumental नेमेन (némena) नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām) नेमैः (némaiḥ)
नेमेभिः¹ (némebhiḥ¹)
dative नेमाय (némāya) नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām) नेमेभ्यः (némebhyaḥ)
ablative नेमात् (némāt) नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām) नेमेभ्यः (némebhyaḥ)
genitive नेमस्य (némasya) नेमयोः (némayoḥ) नेमानाम् (némānām)
locative नेमे (néme) नेमयोः (némayoḥ) नेमेषु (némeṣu)
vocative नेम (néma) नेमौ (némau)
नेमा¹ (némā¹)
नेमाः (némāḥ)
नेमासः¹ (némāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of नेमा
singular dual plural
nominative नेमा (némā) नेमे (néme) नेमाः (némāḥ)
accusative नेमाम् (némām) नेमे (néme) नेमाः (némāḥ)
instrumental नेमया (némayā)
नेमा¹ (némā¹)
नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām) नेमाभिः (némābhiḥ)
dative नेमायै (némāyai) नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām) नेमाभ्यः (némābhyaḥ)
ablative नेमायाः (némāyāḥ)
नेमायै² (némāyai²)
नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām) नेमाभ्यः (némābhyaḥ)
genitive नेमायाः (némāyāḥ)
नेमायै² (némāyai²)
नेमयोः (némayoḥ) नेमानाम् (némānām)
locative नेमायाम् (némāyām) नेमयोः (némayoḥ) नेमासु (némāsu)
vocative नेमे (néme) नेमे (néme) नेमाः (némāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of नेम
singular dual plural
nominative नेमम् (némam) नेमे (néme) नेमानि (némāni)
नेमा¹ (némā¹)
accusative नेमम् (némam) नेमे (néme) नेमानि (némāni)
नेमा¹ (némā¹)
instrumental नेमेन (némena) नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām) नेमैः (némaiḥ)
नेमेभिः¹ (némebhiḥ¹)
dative नेमाय (némāya) नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām) नेमेभ्यः (némebhyaḥ)
ablative नेमात् (némāt) नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām) नेमेभ्यः (némebhyaḥ)
genitive नेमस्य (némasya) नेमयोः (némayoḥ) नेमानाम् (némānām)
locative नेमे (néme) नेमयोः (némayoḥ) नेमेषु (némeṣu)
vocative नेम (néma) नेमे (néme) नेमानि (némāni)
नेमा¹ (némā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

  • नेमचन्द्र (nemacandra, half moon)

Noun

नेम • (nema) stemm

  1. portion
  2. time
  3. limit
  4. boundary
  5. the foundation of a wall (cf. नेमि (nemi)
  6. a hole
  7. upper part, above
  8. deceit
  9. acting, dancing
  10. evening
  11. a root
  12. food, rice

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नेम
singular dual plural
nominative नेमः (nemaḥ) नेमौ (nemau)
नेमा¹ (nemā¹)
नेमाः (nemāḥ)
नेमासः¹ (nemāsaḥ¹)
accusative नेमम् (nemam) नेमौ (nemau)
नेमा¹ (nemā¹)
नेमान् (nemān)
instrumental नेमेन (nemena) नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām) नेमैः (nemaiḥ)
नेमेभिः¹ (nemebhiḥ¹)
dative नेमाय (nemāya) नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām) नेमेभ्यः (nemebhyaḥ)
ablative नेमात् (nemāt) नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām) नेमेभ्यः (nemebhyaḥ)
genitive नेमस्य (nemasya) नेमयोः (nemayoḥ) नेमानाम् (nemānām)
locative नेमे (neme) नेमयोः (nemayoḥ) नेमेषु (nemeṣu)
vocative नेम (nema) नेमौ (nemau)
नेमा¹ (nemā¹)
नेमाः (nemāḥ)
नेमासः¹ (nemāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Noun

नेम • (nema) stemn

  1. a particularly high number

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नेम
singular dual plural
nominative नेमम् (nemam) नेमे (neme) नेमानि (nemāni)
नेमा¹ (nemā¹)
accusative नेमम् (nemam) नेमे (neme) नेमानि (nemāni)
नेमा¹ (nemā¹)
instrumental नेमेन (nemena) नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām) नेमैः (nemaiḥ)
नेमेभिः¹ (nemebhiḥ¹)
dative नेमाय (nemāya) नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām) नेमेभ्यः (nemebhyaḥ)
ablative नेमात् (nemāt) नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām) नेमेभ्यः (nemebhyaḥ)
genitive नेमस्य (nemasya) नेमयोः (nemayoḥ) नेमानाम् (nemānām)
locative नेमे (neme) नेमयोः (nemayoḥ) नेमेषु (nemeṣu)
vocative नेम (nema) नेमे (neme) नेमानि (nemāni)
नेमा¹ (nemā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “नेम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 569/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 56
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University